Natural building as an art

Free Homes & Earth Station

Art and architecture are inseparable. Throughout history, man has expressed himself through the home he lives in, using the available materials, blending aesthetics into the sensibilities of design. For example, in a carpenter’s house you would find wooden members meticulously carved and the material is explored to enhance its richness. Unfortunately this is now being replaced by mass produced blocks without context, culture or meaning, standardising the housing “industry”, losing the authentic touch of the hand. Machine made is the new trend but, art can never be mass produced, it is an expression of the artist’s inner self, his spirit. This is true for buildings as well, in this case the architect is the artist and his art is the building

Many a times the architect’s full potential isn’t realised because of many external factors which prevent him from experimenting and exploring his way. Just like how an artist would want freedom to fully and sincerely convey himself, the idea is to minimise the restrictions and help the artist to focus completely in order to attain his vision.Free homes and Earth-station intend to do exactly that, give artists the platform to express freely, without alterations and compromises or limitations.

It is our dream to introduce this segment of art and natural buildings where a building is not just a habitable space, but a piece of art, sculpture, a true product of the artist’s imagination. Without any external pressure, the artist would have the freedom of expressing himself through his work. Here the client and his needs are not in the forefront, the client comes into the picture after the completion of the building.
Devoted natural builders will relish the prospects of meeting and working with like minded people. Thannal is inviting all natural builders to propagate the freedom to express as an artist, to uncover all the possibilities with natural materials.